Genesis 13: [12] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. [13] But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
"What Lot did was he looked out there and saw Sodom and it looked like the Garden of Eden. It was a beautiful, prosperous going place," explained Richard Jordan in his Wednesday night study. "When you think of Sodom, the idea of the pride in their wealth and all the things they had; the fulness of bread, the abundance of idleness, how they didn't strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. No concern about the needs of others; just focused on themselves and their own pleasures. Social consciousness wasn't there.
Ezekiel 16: [48] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
[49] Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
[50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
"When He talks about abominations, that's where the homosexuality comes in. An abomination in Scripture is a perversion of God's design. This prosperous, liberal-minded society where anything goes is the kind of culture . . . These verses are telling you the kind of culture that allows the sexual perversion to exist and take over the culture. And that's one that forgets God, has no interest in God.
Genesis 19: [1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
"Lot pitched his eyes toward Sodom, then he pitched his tent toward Sodom and now he's in the government of Sodom. It's that progression into the world. II Peter says Lot was a just man and had a righteous soul and he vexed his soul with the filthy conversation of the wicked. He was a Believer living a culture completely filled with unbelievers and their activities.
Genesis 19: 2-5: [2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
"That's not, 'Let's have a question and answer session and get to know one another.' That's like Genesis 4:1: [1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain. This is where Sodom gets identified with the sexual act.
Verse 24: [24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
"One of the slur words for a homosexual is the word 'fag' which is shorthand for the word 'faggot,' which is a bundle of things that are burning. It comes from what happened to Sodom when God rained down fire and brimstone down onto them.
Verse 33: [33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.[35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
[37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
[38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
"Each one of Lot's daughters goes in and commits incest with their daddy. Later on, when you see the Moabites and the Amorites fighting Israel, they are really Lot's kids by his daughters. The perversion of the society that would produce that kind of unequivocal--I mean these girls aren't saying anything that wasn't common in their thinking; this is the culture they came out of.
Deuteronomy 23: [17] There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
[18] Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God."When Ezekiel talks about the abominations, this is the kind of stuff he's talking about. Every time in the Bible that sodomy comes up, the context is fascinating; it's the spiritual apostasy of the nation Israel into Baal worship.
"In connection with Baal worship was a lot of sexual perversion because the idea in Baal worship is to attack the creation and to assault the purpose of the Creator in His creation. It's a spiritual battle on an advanced level.
I Kings 14: [22] And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
[23] For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.[24] And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 32: [29] O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
[30] How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?[31] For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
[32] For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
[33] Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
"When he talks about the wine, he's talking about what in Revelation 17 is the fruit and the intoxication produced by this false religion: [1] And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
[2] With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication."She's able to deceive, to intoxicate the whole population and draw them into her false religion.
Revelation 11:8: [8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
"Jerusalem has been captured by Mystery Babylon the Great, the satanic policy of evil, and so much so that they've become identified in that.
"My point is when Ezekiel is talking about these sexual perversions, it's not just the physical thing; it's the spiritual thing that's producing the physical activity.
"So when you talk about sexual perversion, no matter what kind it is, you're talking about more than a physical thing; you're talking about the spiritual battle underneath it. Sodomy is the manifestation of a spiritual problem. It's not a genetic problem; it's a spiritual problem. There's a satanic policy of influence that makes this a special spiritual issue."
(to be continued and new article tomorrow)
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